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hank! hl'tc^tc mctmina^mu ts qwo'txa^ the beaver acts like a person 



(literally, like a person his actions [of] this beaver) 54.11 

 hank! hltc (he is) like (an) Indian 102.5 



tEoc (I) WONDER, SUPPOSE (if), (I) don't KNOW. This particle 

 has a dubitative character, expressing doubt on the part of the speaker 

 as to the possibility or advisability of a certain action. It may refer 

 to any part of the sentence, but must always precede the verb. 



tcfi'nta^n tsx Vkwa'yunl wonder which one (shall) I take 88.20; 

 90.1 



ni'ctcl tEX xi'ntmls hitc (I) wonder how (a) person (can) keep on 

 traveling 



ni'ctcan tExnictca'wax (I doubt whether we) shall accomplish (any- 

 thing) 60.9 



ni'ctcanl tEX xama'un (I) wonder how we (incl.) can kill him 15.7 



htl. This particle occurs in the texts only once; but, judging 

 from the examples obtained in conversation, it seems to express 

 agreeable surprise. 



hl^'san Ml wan waa'yuts well he told me (I was agreeably surprised) 



46.18 

 ta^ Ml loan he is here (literally, he stays, surprise) 



k (I) MAT, PERHAPS. This is a dubitative particle, occurring 

 also in Coos,^ and denoting possibility of action. Owing to its dubita- 

 tive character, it has often an interrogative significance. 



nl'ctca k^ what is the matter? (literally, how, perhaps . . .) 90.12 

 kUnh^ya'waxan tqa^wl'tc k^ waha'vmx I may look again up-stream 



56.20 

 nl'ctxan k^ a'ntsin mat!l' ts kv} tcl'n^ what may (be the cause that) 



that my elder brother, this here, not comes back? 58.11, 12 

 Vkxoa' yunanx k^ ItH'a^ you may get salmon 48.18 



Iff'^ncif a compound particle, consisting of the preceding one and 

 of the particle of interrogation nh (see § 131). Its significance is 

 dubitative, and it may be rendered by it seems, perhaps, maybe, (I) 

 GUESS. Its position is freely movable. 



wan k^na tafkin s^atsl'tc a^si's now it seems, this I thus dream 70.1 

 yaP-'xa^ Ifl'a^ tqa^wl' k'^na much salmon may be up-stream 56.8 



1 See Coos, p. 385. 



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